buenas vistas de cuba — andrea altemüller • photography

Buenas Vistas de Cuba 1999

Cuba presents the concentrated joy of life that finds its expression in music and dance. In Havanna sounds fill the air. The national rhythm Son reflects the Cuban soul. It is musica mulatta, the fusion of Europe and Africa, and a musical synthesis of the history of Cuba. The melancholy that seems to wrap everything like a transparent web, radiates the attraction and the beauty of transitoriness as the Queen of the Antilles steps up towards an uncertain future.

musicians in the streets of havanna, cuba 1999 — musicians in the streets of havanna, cuba 1999

musicians in the streets of havanna, cuba 1999 — musicians in the streets of havanna, cuba 1999

professional dancers in havanna, cuba 1999 — professional dancers in havanna, cuba 1999

street scene in havanna, cuba 1999 — street scene in havanna, cuba 1999

santera in the streets of havanna, cuba 1999 — santera in the streets of havanna, cuba 1999

tobacco factory in Pinar del Rio, cuba 1999 — tobacco factory in Pinar del Rio, cuba 1999

tobacco factory in Pinar del Rio, cuba 1999 — tobacco factory in Pinar del Rio, cuba 1999

alberto korda in his atelier showing la nina de la muneca de palo - his favourite picture © 1959 — alberto korda in his atelier showing la nina de la muneca de palo - his favourite picture © 1959

querillero heroico - the most famous picture of che guevara, alberto korda © 1959 — querillero heroico - the most famous picture of che guevara, alberto korda © 1959

girl with red skirt, havanna, cuba 1999 — girl with red skirt, havanna, cuba 1999

three girls sitting in the streets of havanna, cuba 1999 — three girls sitting in the streets of havanna, cuba 1999

woman with curler, callejon de hamel, havanna, cuba 1999 — woman with curler, callejon de hamel, havanna, cuba 1999

dancing couple, callejon de hamel, havanna, cuba 1999 — dancing couple, callejon de hamel, havanna, cuba 1999

drummer, callejon de hamel, havanna, cuba 1999 — drummer, callejon de hamel, havanna, cuba 1999

girl, callejon de hamel, havanna, cuba 1999 — girl, callejon de hamel, havanna, cuba 1999

All photographs from the series “Buenas Vistas de Cuba” are gelatin silver prints or c-prints and available in different formats and limited editions.

Please contact me for further information: andrea@altemueller.de